Totally agree on all points Andrew. As someone who was part of the initial rush of applicants and also alot of communication between a number of the parties who were intending to go (and did go), i don’t know anyone who went onto traditional lands. And if Ian etc didn’t go we would all be none the wiser regarding the irruption of this rare bird. Let’s move on everyone.
Cheers Dave
On 02/09/2010, at 2:33 PM, Andrew Stafford wrote:
David and others,
I haven’t actually heard definitively of even one group of birders since Ian and Pat May’s report who have gone onto traditional lands without permission. The birdwatching community is small and it’s hard to keep secrets for long.
If anyone wants to inform me otherwise, I would be very interested to hear about it privately (off-list). Otherwise I am concerned that birders are being tarred by the one dirty brush without cause. At this stage all we are seeing is journalism by press release, with a lot of unsourced and unverified allegations.
Cheers
Andrew
http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2010/09/ … ion=justin
I’ve read all of the princess parrot communication on the forum with interest although have been unable to contemplate going out there – when one reads this article which states that the primary reason for the permission not being granted was as a result of some twitchers who appear to have disregarded the
rules and went onto the land without permission – sad isn’t it – in all walks of life including the birders there are those who flaunt the rules and only consider their own selfish purposes and as a result others miss out – such a
shame that so many responsible and well intended birders have missed out on this opportunity to this point as a result.
Cheers
David Taylor
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